Initially, people celebrated Mother’s Day by attending church and writing letters to their mothers. Later on, they began sending cards, flowers and presents. Anna Jarvis was very unhappy about the commercialization of Mother’s Day to make profits. She felt that Mother’s Day was being exploited. So, in 1923, she sued to stop a Mother’s Day event. She was also arrested for disturbing the peace at the American War Mothers group where she protested against the sale of white carnations. Anna Jarvis, in 1930 also petitioned against the postage stamp featuring her Mother, white carnations and the word “Mother’s Day.” She was successful in having the words “Mother’s Day” removed. However, this did not stop Mother’s Day from flourishing in the United States and in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother’s Day on different days and at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May.<\/p>\n

Today, Mother’s Day is a day honoring mothers, when you acknowledge your mother’s contribution in your life and pay a tribute to her, often with flowers and gifts. But of course, we should not need a special day once a year to do this. We can and should thank our loving, caring mothers every day, and do things for her every day, not just on Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday.<\/p>\n